Shield for car-handles.



Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

IHE NORRJS PETERS 60., PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTUN. D. C.

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To all whom it may concern 1 provision of a shield wherein the handles on a car can be guarded so that passengers alighting from the same can grasp the handles only when facing forward, thereby avoiding accidents resultantfrom alighting in the direction oppositeto the direction of tary sideelevation of a car, showing the detravel of the said car.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a shield of this character wherein the same can be fastened in adjusted position. I A further object of theinvention. is the provision of a fshield which is simple in construction, readily and easily adjusted,

expensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the inventlon consists 1n the construction, co'm bination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed .out in the claims hereunto appended I In the drawing:-Figure 1 is afragmen- I vice constructed in accordance with the in vention applied thereto. Fig. '2 is a fragmentary vertical transverse sectional view through the car. \'Fig. 3 is a sectional view on, the line 3-3 of Fig.1. Fig. 4 is a frag mentary enlarged "front elevation showing the shield shifted. Fig. 5 is a view looking toward the end of the'shield. I

. Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

car, B the vertical posts of'the door-way therein to permit the entrance to andexit from the car, as usual.

SHIELD .FOR CAR-HANDLES.

j i Specification-cf Letters Patent. Application filed December 19,1913. Serial No. 807,741.

reliable and efficient in its purpose,and in-,

On each. of theposts B is mounteda handle C, which is of the ordinary well-known construction. Adapted to be mounted upon each post is the shield presently described.

The shield comprises an outwardly curved shield plate 10, formed with ends 11, to which are connected links 12, the same being pivoted at 13 thereto and also pivoted at 14c tothe out-turned portions 15 of bearings 16 which are suitably fastened to the post B at opposite ends of the handle 0 thereon so that the said shield plate 10 can be swung to either side of the handle as shown.

Formed on the bearings 16 at the inner side of the out-turned portions 15 thereof are clamping wings 17, between which and v la'tented 22 1914.

the base of the bearings 16 is adapted to engage either edge of the shield plate 10, and threaded in these wings are winged screws 18 which: engage the shield plate 10 to lock the same in adjusted position. In the use ofthe shield the handle is rendered inaccessible at its front sothat a passenger turning backward when making an exit from the car' cannot reach the handle which would face the passenger in the direction opposite to the direction of travel of the car,

whilethe shield on the other handle is positionedso that apassenger will necessarily have to turn in a direction. facing the travel of the car for gripping said handle, thereby causing the passenger to alightfrom the car facing the direction of travel of the same. The shieldis adjustable so that the proper handle will be exposed for use according to the direction of travelfof the car.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and manner of operation of :the invention will be clearly understood, and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

hat is claimed is 1. A shield for car handles comprising a curved shield plate, means swingingly connecting the shield to a car whereby said shield will partly encompass the handle, and j I is movable relative thereto, clamps station- Referring to the drawing in detail, A designatesa portion of the .body'of a closed arily mounted for receiving either edge of the shield, and means carried by the clamps for locking the shield in adjusted position.

2. A shield for car handles comprising a curved shield plate, means swingingly con is movable relative thereto, clamps stationnecting the shield to a car whereby said 'In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature shield will partly encompass the handle, and in presence of two witnesses.

arily mounted for receiving. either edge of 1 P N the shield, and winged screws mounted in Witnesses: 1 the clamps and engageable with the shield G. HARRY HIGHT,

to lock it in adjusted position. FLORENCE HIGHT.

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